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Wildlife Reports => Southern Ontario Wildlife => Topic started by: TammyLee on June 01, 2011, 01:51:59 AM

Title: Silvery Crescentspot?
Post by: TammyLee on June 01, 2011, 01:51:59 AM

Hello,

I took a picture of a crescentspot butterfly today, but I'm unsure of which one it is. It seems to have quite a bit of white in its wings. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Tammy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tammylee20 ... 784737773/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tammylee2011/with/5784737773/)

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Post by: Bird Brain on June 01, 2011, 02:37:22 PM

Please ask Walter (member:  Bluffs Birder).   8)

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Post by: TammyLee on June 01, 2011, 03:32:58 PM

Ah, thanks, Jo-Anne!

Tammy

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on June 02, 2011, 12:12:11 AM

Thanks Jo-Anne.

I wish I could help you out Tammy with an ID for this Crescent but from what I've gathered in my short time with butterflies, the Crescents are fairly complex and not always easily identified.  I think it might be a Pearl Crescent but that's just a guess.  I still don't know for certain about some of my own photos and sightings.

Perhaps you might like to try posting your photos and location to http://www.bugguide.net and see what they come up with.

Best of luck,
Walter

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Post by: JW Mills on June 02, 2011, 07:58:19 PM

Hey Walter,
I recently picked up Kaufman's Butterflies of North America and Pearl Crescent seems correct.

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on June 02, 2011, 08:38:46 PM

Excellent choice Zed (or Zee for our American friends :wink: ), the Kaufman guide is the book that I use as well.

Walter

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Post by: TammyLee on June 02, 2011, 09:05:30 PM

Oh my goodness, thanks so much guys, that's great. It's so good to hear from other nature buffs. Zed, I will definitely be picking up a copy of the Kaufman Field Guide. Thanks for mentioning it! I've been working with the Audobon Society's Field Guide to North American butterflies & it's pretty good, but for instance, it doesn't have the Common Ringlet eyespot butterfly (which may be our only ringlet in southern Ontario?).

Thanks, too, Walter! I was planning to message you when I got the chance. I really appreciate you letting me know Crescentspots are variable. Makes me feel a little less "green" (smile). Thanks for telling me about bugguide, too. I've come across it in my nature searches, but still learning the good sites to remember. For instance, just heard on the cbc radio yesterday about the site 'ebird'. Looking forward to visiting it & perhaps starting a bird siting 'life list'.

Thanks again,

Tammy

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Post by: JW Mills on June 03, 2011, 08:33:45 AM

Hey Tammy
 
Walter is the go-to guy for flutterbys, I'm just learning and he's helped me out a few times.
I mentioned Kaufman because field guides can vary and I wasn't sure which one he uses.
 
Some more  butterfly sites:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/) (free membership entitles you to submit photos for ID)
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Butterflies (http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Butterflies)
http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_photos.htm (http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_photos.htm)
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/co ... asp?gr=All (http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-group-page.asp?gr=All)
 
 JW

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Post by: TammyLee on June 03, 2011, 09:51:20 PM

Thanks so much for the help, Zed. Great info!

Tammy  :D